Frail people, deadly care
Updated on Feb 05, 2021;
Published on Feb 04, 2021
Bettejane Jaeger over the years. Her daughters question the care she received in her final days. Courtesy of Jaeger family | NJ Advance Media photo illustration
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Glenn Osborne, a 66-year-old retired Marine Corps sergeant and Vietnam veteran, is on a battlefield. Every day, the casualties mount.
From his powered wheelchair at the troubled state-operated Veterans Memorial Home in Menlo Park, Osborne says he has witnessed the suffering of far too many fellow nursing home residents as they lay pale, barely breathing. Some, he said, are left in soiled diapers.
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Florida lawmakers respond to COVID-19 with . tort reform
Even the Republican sponsor of the bill that would limit lawsuits admitted there were âfewer than 10â lawsuits that have been filed in Florida with claims related to COVID-19.
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Published Jan. 14
TALLAHASSEE â In response to businesses, schools, churches and healthcare providers that worry they could be sued for legal liability for exposing people to COVID-19, Florida legislators are fast-tracking a measure to do what they know best: limit lawsuits.
Meeting for the first time since the onslaught of the pandemic, the House Subcommittee on Civil Justice and Property Rights approved HB 7 along party lines on Wednesday. It will establish new barriers to lawsuits related to COVID-19. An identical bill is pending in the Senate for consideration during the 2021 legislative session, which starts March 2.
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